River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-21
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

monument he memorial society VIII on
Friday hold appropriate services in the hall
Of the house Of representatives. The so
ciety has prepared a statement of the facts
in tue ease, which will be read at the ser
vices This paper will reveal all the ecret
Arrangements are about completed tonight
50 that the remains Of Mr.. Lincoln C an be
placed by the side of his wife.
At Palatine, H., while a crowd were
viewing a wreck on the Northwestern r.
r ON the 18th five persons were killed by
the bursting Of large water tank. The ac-
cident occurred at , O'Clock in the afternoon
aud IL Is supposed hat the collision of the
freight trains in the immediate vicinity in
the morning Jared the immense water tank
containing s0000 gallons OF water and
lOuseEed or cracked the hoops, which gave
way, while a large crowd Il country people
We're standing Immediately under the
structure when 1t collapsed and buried the
people under the wreckage and the tank.
killing five persons, two boys and three
men, and seriously injuring two others.
\ tornado equalling anything in ey-
clone history struck the Ohio river towns Of
St Clairsville Martins Ferry, BeIlaire,
Pasco and Barton's station and intermediate
country ON the afternoon of April Is, a year
and day after the great Sauk Rapids and
st cloud tornado IN Minnesota The destruc-
ton of property was terrible and the river
create I destruction conferred at one point
was at St Ciairsyille. where the dwellings
of 80 families are in ruins One man was
killed am quite number injured. The
total damage is estimated at 81 O0O,OO0
Large tracks of timber were torn down, and
everything movable blown about like chaff
At S. Augustine, Florida. April -.
fire destroyed the ST Augustine hotel, the
old Spanish cathedral, the Edwards hotel
the court house, the Sinclair block, Cham
berlain's store, Mir. SCOTS residence and
WeiIer's hotel The total loss is $685.
I The ninety guests and forty servants in the
st. Augustine hotel all escaped except
( Bridget Harry, a laundry woman, who was
burned to death The old Spanish
cathedral was Just west OF theSt. Augustine
house The roof caught fire and soon fe u,
destroying ali the historical relics in the
interior The old cathedral was built in
l1a3 and was in use for purposes of worship
up 70 the time of destruction
At o'clock on the evening of the
10th, an emute occurred in the Raleigh
\. G., penitenuary II began by the in
suberdlnatiOn Of one prisoner, who drew u
knife and refused 10 obey orders. he was
knocked down by the guards and taken TO
the hospital. Most OF the conyiets then
refused 10 go into their cells. The city
police force and the governors guard went
I
and by wise and firm management order
and obedience was secured without loss of
life.
The board Of Trade of Los Angeles.
Cal, has adopted resolution asking the
Interstate Commerce Commissioners 20
temporarily suspend Sec OF the Inter
state Commerce law, as the fruit and wine
crops OF California viii soon mature and
rLe manufacturers packers, and shippers
ear 10 make contracts for the raw pro
ducts. owing to the heavily increased
ghts under the Interstate law.
John T. Fernandez and Henry
BERNARD, members OF New Orleans
fencing club, bad friendly sst-to Sunday
with fOiis. The button of Bernard ;
weapon was broken of during the en-
counter. and q sudden thrust drove the
point of the blade into FernandeZs brain.
entering below the left eve. Fernandez
diced and Bernard surrendered himself to
the police
Mackay and Flood. the California
bonanzs kings, are squeezing the San Fran
cisco wheat market. and some big failures
are looked for. The small operators are
impiOring the Produce Exchange Board to
save them 10y putting into effect Rule ! OF
the board. which provides that when there
Is fictitious market the board may estab-
iish price Tor fultillment Of contracts.
The German steamer Raiatea burned
sea Feb. g. The crew and passengers
escaped in boats. and after much suffering
"a ere cast upon an island in the Toumutu
group. whence they made their way to
Tahiti. One passenger died the rest of the
passengers and crew arrived safely in San
Francisco saturday
Fire Tuesday night in Orancock
Virginia, destroyed most Of the business
portion Of the town. Twenty-three houses
including the Grand Central hotel post
office ana number of business houses.
were burned. There is no fire department
IN the town and the citizens could only
fight the lire with buckets. Loss SjO,OOU,
Insurance S35tt1.
At Topeka, Kansas. on the 10th.
Mrs T. Smoot. a bride of eight weeks. com
uitted suicide by taking a dose Of Rough
un Rats" Her husband is an engineer on
tie railroad. She was a beautiful girl of Il
years tie was 81 years old. The cause OF
the act IS "a mystery as her husband was
sInd and devoted.
In the coroner's inquest held at
Milwaukee, on the body Of Henry Sengbush.
who died in school while being chastised
10y his teacher. George Werner 1t was de
veioped that the boys neck had been broken.
[ The corouer's jury returned verdict hold
/ ing Werner responsible for the death.
Gov. Adams. of Colorado, has issued
a quarantine proclamation against the i'm
p0rtatiOn OF cattle from Illinois, Kentucky
Maryland, West Virginia. Delaware, New
Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode
I Island, Connecticut, Missouri, Kansas
Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia
Pat Maloney. aged SO. employed at
the roun ihouse of the Kansas City Railroad
N Memphis, Tenn, was burned to death
early Sunday morning bv the destruc hon of
/ a boarding house in which he was sleeping.
thirty other inmates making their escape
Prof. James Law, OF Cornell uni
/ versity. a member of the national bureau of
animal industry, has arrived in Chicago
/ with authority % take all necessary steps
I for the suppression Of pleuro-pneumonia
IN Illinois and adjacent states.
Sixty Ineat-dealers at Akron, o..
l refused to handle carcasses shipped thither
/ from Chicago Iv Armour a Co. The firm
/ opened three retail markets put the price
/ down cents a pound, and speedily bought
/ the boycott to a close.
On the 10th. A. j. Chapman. a
wealthy farmer in Holmes county, Ohio,
was burned to death while burning brush.
I When found his clothing had been burned
/ of and his esh charred to a crisp.
The bureau of statistic reports the
exports OF wheat for nine months at 73OOO,-
I UU0bushels against a, OaO, o . during the same
/ time last year. Flour S,lOO,U0J barrels,
against j,OOl, COO last year.
Maj Bush, paymaster U. S. A. who
was recently robbed in Wyoming of $3.50
los a highwayman, having failed to cap
Ire the thief or money, has called for a
4 .urt of injury. Gen Crook has accord
civ called such court TO Ice held at Fort
Robinson. Neb-, when the question viii be
settled whether Maj Bush was criminally
careless IN handling funds.
The Commissioner of Agriculture
has issued new set Of rules governing the
operations OF the department in the sup
preston snd eNtiTpation Of pleuTO-pneumo-
ala and other infectious diseases.
T. NJ Fonda. General Superintendent
Of the Central Railroad of Georgia, was ac-
cidentalIy shot and killed Sunday afternoon
bv J. !. Abrams, a lawyer 81 Savannah.
They were cut on pleasure trip
Rab.r; " Lakewood. Young gradu-
ate from Annapolis, having become crazed
hv Close q, lplicatiOn to study, killed him
SgIf On board a steamer bound TO Norfolk.
where his father resided.
Fire broke out in the laundry room